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The Prophet
by Kahil Gibran
- New
- Hardcover
- Condition
- New
- ISBN 10
- 1784046450
- ISBN 13
- 9781784046453
- Seller
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Carrollton, Texas, United States
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About This Item
London: Arcturus, 2021. New. Sealed in shrinkwrap. Collector's Edition of one of the most beloved classics of our time. The unread book is tight and square with solid hinges and binding, good tips, and clean purple silk boards with gold foil blocking. Vertical paper sleeve to back panel. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. Color illustrated throughout with images that capture the spirit of the text. Introduction by John Baldock. 160 pages. 6 x 9¼ " tall. Pictures from an opened book are included in the photo display.
Published in 1923, Kahlil Gibran's masterpiece has been translated into more than forty languages. The Prophet is a collection of 28 poetic short yet profound discourses on aspects of life and the human condition. This includes love, marriage, children, giving, eating and drinking, work, joy and sorrow, housing, clothes, buying and selling, crime and punishment, laws, freedom, reason and passion, pain, self-knowledge, teaching, friendship, talking, time, good and evil, prayer, pleasure, beauty, religion, and death. Ever more fitting as our daily lives become increasingly cluttered and chaotic.
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- Bookseller
- Armadillo Alley Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 3831
- Title
- The Prophet
- Author
- Kahil Gibran
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Collector's Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1784046450
- ISBN 13
- 9781784046453
- Publisher
- Arcturus
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2021
- Pages
- 160
- Size
- 6 x 9.25
- Keywords
- philosophy, spirituality, poetry, classics
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- Collector's Editions;
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